RGN & LCV Training

Another word of caution:

Stretch RGNs are extremely difficult to maneuver. You will be doing MANY wrong way turns.

A wrong way is when you have to take the entire load into oncoming traffic to make a turn (usually a right turn). Proper procedure, your front pilot car runs down the road, flips a U, comes back towards you to face you, get out of their vehicle with hard hat, hi vis vest and STOP paddle. Just like the road construction people do when they have road work. Pilot cars will be lazy and pull into oncoming traffic and stick that stop paddle out the window. That’s your ticket if a diesel bear catches you. Know the correct way.

Also, a stretch is extremely easy to high center. Especially if it is near the neck when it drags. If you are pulling a tall load, every time you have to jack around with the height of the load, remeasure the load height. Every. Single. Time.

Luck in battle.

 

is the trailer an east coast or west trailer?

it will greatly impact whether you can run it with out the boaster and jeep.

 

not what I meant

Many multiaxle trailers are built with a “west coast” suspension. This involves a set up where the booster pins to the beam on which the trailer axles are mounted. An “east coast” set up the booster will pin to the back of the trailer using pins on the rear trailer structure.
A west coast trailer will not be conducive to running with out the jeep and booster. It takes a good deal of explaining but just take my word for it.

 

East coast trailer:
Booster pins directly to the back of the trailer frame rails. Trailer axles are welded directly to the bottom of the trailer frame.



West coast trailer:

The Booster is pinned to a separate sub frame with the trailer axles on it. That sub frame and booster assembly is then attached to the underside of the main trailer frame with a single large pivot bar.





As far as training and requirements you need the double and triple endorsement to pull a jeep and trailer/booster setup. When you go take the test for it you will find out that the test has literally nothing to do with a jeep or booster. It will be all about pulling doubles with a converter dolly like you see behind all the LTL trucks.

Based on you talking about 81+ ft and LCV I'm guessing you are based in or near NY State. The NY LCV thing is about pulling double 40-53ft trailers on the thruway or pulling triple 28ft pups. It doesn't really apply to the Jeep/trailer/booster setup.

There is no special endorsement or training to pull a normal or stretch RGN. As far as DOT is concerned it is just a really long and low flatbed. All the normal flatbed securement rules still apply.

There's 0 chance I would pull a multiaxle setup like that for the same amount of money as a normal flatbed. The work, liability, knowledge, and skills required are worth way more than standard pay.